cothycoathyadj.
dialect.
Diseased, sickly. Of sheep: Affected with the ‘coe’ or rot.
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a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Cothy, faint, sickly, ailing..A dog is said to be cothy when he is meek and delicate.
1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Coathy, rotten; applied to diseased sheep.
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